are open between story road and tully road so nothing will impact the commute because of police activity this morning. we shot this video of what was taking place after midnight. officers were walking open -- on southbound 101 looking for evidence losing flashlights it is usual and we have reports of what may have led the officers to do this we have not received information from the c.h.p. and they have yet to return phone calls. the only information put out by the c.h.p. that southbound 101 was closed because of police activity and the road re-opened after 1:00 o'clock and as we get new information we will pass it along. reporting in san jose for abc7 news. as the sunrises over the bay the light show on the bay bridge will fade away and will not be seen again for him a year. ceremonies this morning will mark the removal of the lights. amy hollyfield is along the

embarcadero with more on why the lights are going away. >> it will be tough to say goodbye and we will have a last hook at them. we are enjoying watching them putting on the performance. we do not have to say goodbye we will say "see you later." the 25,000 l.e.d. lights have lit up the bay bridge for the last two years. it has been quite a show. there will be a proper send off this morning and there will be a party here this morning as the lights dim and they will have a string quartet as the sun tries and the lights go out. it will be pretty special. they have enjoyed a lost love in san francisco the past two years >> spectacular spectacle. the gonna get as lot of good press and the bay bridge is the for gotten younger isistory but

this has brought a dignity to the bridge. >> restaurants along the embarcadero say people have been asking for a table where they can see the lights. owners of the restaurants have raise the $4 million to bring them back. they will bring them back. right new they have to go dark so caltran can perform the maintenance on the cables and the lights can be replaced and when they come back they will be here permanently. that is the good news. they will be coming back. today it is time to say goodbye and they will do it in style. we will bring you the story this morning and we will bring you the party if you do not want to come here and you want to watch from the comfort of your home we will bring it to you. reporting live in san francisco for abc7 news. keep it here amy. it is 4:32. for the second time this week a former school district building in vallejo is up in flames. fire broke out before 10:00 and the same building was hit with a

two-alarm fire on tuesday night. it was boarded up after the flames were put out which meant someone had to break in to start the fire. the building has been occupied by homeless since being abandoned by the school district. >> a san francisco man is charged with a shocking act of cruelty against a helpless puppy. police say he let a friend's poet die rather than caring for it as he programmed. here are the details. >> the puppy named penny is like these was found dead stuffed in a shoebox with a toy and folded towel along the avenue in pacifica last january. >> way the dog was placed like that, we did not scan the dog for a chip that traced back to the owner. >> the owner moved to high and left the dog in the care of a friend. tests confirm cat -- the caus of death was store vacation.

-- was starvation. it showed gross neglect a horrible way did die. >> level of cruelty in this case of suffering for the puppy had to go through before she died was significant. she was stabbed to death and she was kept in a close confined area. >> the investigation let to 26-year-old country sun would was arrested on animal cruelty charges. >> someone caring for another's animal that is their responsibility. they responsible for the care. >> kun sun could have given it up for adoption. >> a hearing is march 24 for a preliminary hearing. actor harrison ford is recovering from serious injuries after crash landing the world war ii plane on a southern

california golf course. >> he is gliding in. hope he will make it. man. man. man. oh no. oh no. >> witnesses did not know it was harrison ford and they captured the plane going down on cell phone video. the 72-year-old was piloting the 1942 military world war ii trader and you can hear the stress as he calls for help. >> i have an immediate return. >> ford took off 20 minutes prior from the santa monica airport. he could not make it back and crash landed at the golf course. golfers and paramedics came to his rescue. >> someone said at that point it is harrison ford and he was able to speak. he expressed he was in pain which was in surprise. >> ford skyrocketed to fame in

star wars in "the force awakens." the actor son took to twitter writing at the hospital "dad is okay battered but okay. he is an incredibly strong man." >> new days on the effort to raise money for a bay area athlete who had his high-tech running leg stolen out of the back of his car. $5,000 has been donated to a gofundme account to ranjit steiner and the man behind hidden cash has raised an additional $2,000. the goal is to raise $25,000 to cover the cost of a new leg. if you would like to help we have a link on our website at abc7news.com. san francisco police will welcome continue new members to the department part of the 245th graduating class on the force. two of the soon-to-be officers

have served in the military, two have master's degree and five have bachelor's degrees. the graduating officers will start field training an one of several districts tomorrow. >> students from four bay area catholic high schools will rally at st. mary's cathedral in san francisco continuing to denounce archbishop's teachers ministers and saying sex outside of marriage and homosexuality and abortion are gravely eve victim. teachers and staff and students say the language undermines the mission of catholic education and a diverse welcoming community. >> economists are predicting the labor market had another great month in february. the united states labor department releases the latest jobs report at 5:30. the economists forecast the employers added 240,000 jobs and

keeping close tabs on if the workers are receiving fatter paychecks and if so stronger wages add pressure on the firm reserve to raise borrowing rates this year for the first time since the 2008 global financial crisis. mike recommends the umbrella, not the rain though? >> especially if you are headed to the beach shade yourself from the sunshine, you will get reflection off the sand and off the water, with the sun that much stronger. be careful if you are headed that way. we get an extra two minutes and 25 seconds of sunshine today. >> if you are in san francisco ocean beach west portal mission, 53. we have sunny side, bayview, coming in to san francisco, the heart of it thrust ferry building and across the golden gate bridge and chrissy feel at 54. 52 downtown and 53 in the financial district. check out petaluma, 36 degrees. 38 in american canyon and pleasanton is 39 and the big drop in temperatures we talked about occurs last night and we

are only 40 in santa clara and 41 in palo alto and richmond is 48 and belmont is 49. in san jose under a clear sky near the shark tank we are going to have temperatures well above average again and probably stop short of record, 69 to 75 inland and 66 to 68 along the coast and 68 to 7235 -- 7235 75 around the bay. we drop on sunday as the main layer returns and that will keep the coast in the 60 and the rest of us are still hanging out in the 70s through monday. the changes in the back half of the seven-day forecast as that will set could up. leyla? >> we will say good morning to san jose by the sap center and this is 87 as you drive near julian street so the headlights as they make their way northern are light at this hour and empty if you head in the southbound direction. dry time traffic offer the altamont pass westbound 580 tracy to dublin is 25 minutes

and if you are taking highway 4 out of antioch into pittsburg and bay point and concord it is 14 minutes and 101 southbound from san rafael into san francisco is a quiet 17-minute commute and in san francisco in the next report we look at the chinese lunar new year parade that will shut down the streets tomorrow. that is ahead. >> 4:40. crush by a fallen tree, long time local parks worker is in the hospital this morning. >> play ball. good news for east bay youth baseball players who have been locked out of the league's fields by a labor dispute. >> you are looking at the bay bridge toll plaza where traffic is light right now.

>> covering fremont, palo alto north bay, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. good friday morning. the bay bridge bay lights from the camera enjoy it, the lights will go dark after this morning the last time you will see them for 11 months for maintenance. but amy hollyfield is at party that will start in an hour a temporary fair whole party -- farewell party. >> a san francisco rec and park manager is on the mend after nearly being killed by a fallen tree. robert watkins is now in "fair," condition. katie marzullo reports osha is investigating. early this year a smiley robert watkins appeared in this recreation and park promotion video. >> i am the park services manager. >> now he is in the hospital with a back injury, broken ankle

and concussion. on tuesday he was with crews trimming trees in hilltop park when a tree unexpectedly came crashing down. a fire department spokesman said that he tried to get out of the way but was trapped under the branches and hit in the back. watkins is expected to recover. he is lucky. >> we have seen accidents some fatal, because of trees that fell on workers. >> tree trimming is dangerous work whether you are in the tree or on the ground. the agency is investigating the incident to determine if safety procedures were being followed. if not, rec and park could be cited. >> citations come with monetary penalties. >> osha has six months to complete the investigation. rec and park has issue add statement saying watkins is a long time dedicated members of the team and we wish him a speedy recovery. he has worked for the department since at least 2004 when we interviewed him for a story on

abc7. the labor dispute could be over at west coast ports but the disruption continues. shipping companies have started to re-route deliveries through the panama canal, the longer route doubles the 14 day trip from asia to the united states. the "wall street journal" says it will take three to six months for ports to return to normal. a survey found that 65 percent of shippers land for ship less cargo to the west coast through 2016. >> a bay area woman is desperate to get her dogs back after they were stolen from her car in southern california. sandy roberts was there for a half marathon and left the car in a public garage with the two docks in the front seat. when she returns after the race the dogs and her purse wallet and phone were missing. one of the dogs is her service dog, lola, who hopes her coast with post-traumatic stress

disorder and is worried about both. >> one is only a five-month-old puppy and she will be sold and lol a is a puppy mill rescue that only responds to me and they will hurt her. >> she said the thieves used the credit card at a wal-mart and surveillace camera got a good shot of one of the thieves and their car. >> two oakland high schools have settled their athletic field dispute. last year the hive launched a drive to build a soccer field as part of the baseball field used by oakland tech high school. the tech community and local residents fought back and now after months of negotiations, the two schools have agreed to build a training facility for the soccer team and slightly modify the baseball field. >> dozens of east bay youth baseball players will be able to

play ball again. the field is being re-opened at tesoro allowing the baseball league to resume play. today, parents will clean up and get things ready so the kids can play tomorrow. the company and young workers are engaged in a labor dispute but they have agreed to not picket so the kids could play. the fields are home to 600 players on 48 teams but they have not been able to get on the fields for weeks. >> the timing could not be more perfect. this week is going to be great for bail. >> last week some were hitting hail with their bats. >> it was hailing in some areas. and two miles away from our house -- nothing. nothing. that was cool. >> play ball. it is nice. we will have the spring warmth with it. no fog. the air is too dry. we have a lie offshore breeze at

less than seven miles per hour to calm. this is how it look from mount tamalpais and the camera is not bouncing and we can see all way over to the horizon at the san mateo and possibly the dumbarton bridge and you get far down at 2,800 feet up. above average highs and cooling clouds and a wind shift affects the coast more than the rest of us so today if you want warm sunshine at the beaches today is the day to go. showers next week and an upstate on el nino that develops and we will have the effect. tree pollen is high today and same player pine, oakland and juniper and temperatures if you liked yesterday you will love today, and kicking off early to enjoy the low-to-mid 70's we will go from 69 in san francisco to 75 in antioch and we will be in the mid-to-upper 60s along the coast to 73 at the boardwalk. tonight, it will be cool again and the 30s are not so

prevalent in napa and san ramon valley and low-to-mid 40s inland waking up tomorrow morning and 42 in palo alto and mid-to-upper 40s for the rest of the bay shore to the coast with san francisco about 52 degrees. the two main players, areas of high pressure again and steering this storm is a big storm with highs too strong and you will grab moisture and cold airdropping into the eastern two-thirds of the country again and keep winter going for them while we will have spring warmth. el nino near the equator to the east of hawaii warmer-than-average. our temperatures are still warmer-than-average temperatures and we had a record warm water temperature to machine try back in february topping 60 degrees. if you have been with us you know that el nino means nothing for us, there is no significant impact on the drought. we with need a strong eminem i --

a strong el nino. the marine laser coming back and inland low-to-mid 70s and chance of rain wednesday and thursday. have a great weekend. >> mike, thanks. sounds like a great weekend. we have 30 bart trains on time and there are no delays with muni and ace train one is also on time. here is a look at the golden gate bridge and it looks like traffic is moving smooth and you will notice that we have one of the trucks this getting ready for the zipper truck to make its way from the tolls up to the north end so there will be widening of the southbound lanes and traffic in the northbound direction is not finding any problems. of course, tomorrow we have the san francisco chinese lunar new year parade and streets are going to close around 4:00 p.m. and staging areas between market and mission on 2nd so the parade starts on market and you will find the streets re-open when it has moved through but

you will find it winds its way through chinatown ending at columbus street so have some fun and there will be nasty traffic. muni will be re-routed, as well. >> google wants do help drivers fine the best car insurance with the newest tool. >> we have the details in the tech bytes. >> a new way to sent for lower car insurance google compare has several insurance pans to provide users with customized quotes based on vehicle and location in california and it will expand to other states later this year. >> rock fans have reason to celebrate, 2000 updated songs with new controllers on sale this week and rock band 4 is available for xbox 1 and the play station 4. >> google wants to help make you a better marketer and you can ask how to make everything from a sidecar to a manhattan on the

top of the "results," page and do i need to explain how glorious that is? >> your weekend is instantly better leadership how to make cocktails. >> snow day fun at the heart of the weekend's capitol with a snowball fight. >> leyla will tell us about preparations for the lunar new year parade in san francisco. >> a look at the bay bridge and the lights that are on will shut off later this morning.

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>> this video will make you want to yell "look out." slick roads in rhode island sent an s.u.v. slide out-of-control

into a parked car that hit a woman trying to cross the street she was not seriously hurt. the man in front of her watched the after mat of another crash and police did not ticket anyone because the weather was so bad. >> a huge fight involving hundreds of people in our nation's capitol, the massive traditional snowball fight at dupont circle park. d.c. actually had a snowball fight association that plans the event each year. organizers plan a fight at a different park but the park was plowed. >> workers are racing to build a let for the chinese new year's parade in san francisco. >> this year is the year of the ram, and the parade starts at 5:15 tomorrow and goes through union square and china town. bart will run extra trains after the parade to accommodate

the crowd. >> there will be crowds. >> thinking of the snowball fight, that reminded me of something. congress. congress. if they could have a snow ball fight when they got done. >> can we join? >> i would hurt my arm to get a few swings in. >> i did hurt my arm in college. tomorrow at 5:30 so if you get there at 5:15 you are too late. we cool to 56 with increases clouds as the marine lay develops tomorrow. we have san francisco craft beer festival on sunday and it is going to be in the low-to-mid 60 with mostly cloudy to becoming mostly sunny. low-to-mid 70s through monterey and look at the 80's in los angeles and palm springs. safe travels. >> cars are collecting in the

left of the toll plaza doll so not friday light if you are one of them. we are looking at clear conditions across the bay area with an accident. as you head dublin to pleasanton, two vehicles were involved. travel in the westbound direction some at continue speeds could have a slow down and southbound 680 through the dublin interchange and the rest of drive is quite top speeds. next at 5:00 a.m., the latest on harrison's ford following the plane's emergency crash landing on a southern california golf course. >> also spring forward. the change coming this weekend for south bay residents. >> abc7 is showing you the san francisco skyline.

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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good morning on this friday at 5:00 a.m., thanks pore joining us. take a look at bay lights because they are going out as of this morning for 11 months. we will tell you more about that and they go out at 6:37. that is unfortunate when you take the art away but they will bring it back. in time for the super bowl. >> a look at the visibility from a lot of areas as we have unlimited visibility, no marine layer and no fog.